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Category 1: 100 points A Credit: is the value assigned by an institution to a course. University courses are usually 1.5 credits each How many credits is planning 10 worth and how many total credits do you need to graduate Bodwell?

Category 1: 100 points - answer What is: 4 credits 80 Total Credits

Category 1: 200 points An Elective is a course that is used to fulfil credits beyond what is Required for the program or school. Name 3 Elective courses you could take in grade 10?

Category 1: 200 points - answer What is: Anything that isn’t: English 10, Science 10, Socials 10, Planning 10, PE 10, Math 10,

Category 1: 300 points True or False: In University YOU will need to register for each of your courses. And you can sometimes choose the day, time, and even professor of your course?

Category 1: 300 points - answer What is: TRUE Sometimes your course (eg. English 101) might have 3 or 4 to choose from. Senior Students usually get first choice however.

Category 1: 400 points Name 2 institutions you can receive a “Diploma” from

Category 1: 400 points - answer What is: High School (Dogwood) And College

Category 1: 500 points Describe the Academic Year (time) of Bodwell. Describe the Academic Year of Post Secondary Institutions

Category 1: 500 points - answer What is a Trimester System (Sep-Dec, Jan- April, May-July) What is a Two Semester System (Sep- Dec, Jan-April)

Category 2: 100 points What are two colleges in BC?

Category 2: 100 points - answer Answers may vary

Category 2: 200 points The minimum courses and marks required to be admitted college is called: _______ _________

Category 2: 200 points - answer What is admission requirements

Category 2: 300 points a formal credential issued to a student who has successfully completed a program that is usually not less than two academic years of full-time study is called a __________

Category 2: 300 points - answer What is a Diploma?

Category 2: 400 points a formal credential awarded upon successful completion of a program of study. Requires up to 1 year of study. Can also be awarded from trades schools

Category 2: 400 points - answer What is a certificate?

Category 2: 500 points True or False: If you complete two years of transfer courses at one of the 12 BC colleges: you can get into any university you want and will have an easier time getting in then a high school student.

Category 2: 500 points - answer False: Each University is different, some transfer courses are recognized by some universities and some are not. You also are not guaranteed a spot. It will still go to those applying with the highest grades/extra curricular etc.

Category 3: 100 points True or False: There are 15 UNIVERSITY COLLEGES in BC You can receive a Degree, Diploma, or Transfer courses at.

Category 3: 100 points - answer What is False: There are only 5 University Colleges in BC:

Category 3: 200 points What are the 3 types of degrees you can earn in University and put them in order of first to last.

Category 3: 200 points - answer What is Bachelors, Masters, and PhD (Doctorate) Degree

Category 3: 300 points A program that integrates classroom learning with semesters of paid practical experience.

Category 3: 300 points - answer What is Co-operative Education (Co-op)

Category 3: 400 points What is the difference between a Faculty and a Department, provide an example.

Category 3: 400 points - answer What is: Universities often group their academic programs into a Faculty that is comprised of academic departments that have similarities. For example, many universities group their chemistry, biology and physics departments together in Faculty of Science.

Category 3: 500 points What is a GPA? What scale does UBC have? What scale does UVIC have?

Category 3: 500 points - answer What is: a figure derived by using grade points--a numerical value given to an alphabetical letter grade--to compute an average measure of performance UBC: 4.0 UVIC: 9.0

Category 4: 100 points At UBC if you were to enter the Masters program of Music you could choose either: Performance or Composition. While both related to music these are considered two different ______ of _______

Category 4: 100 points - answer What is: Fields of Study

Category 4: 200 points To get into COMM 202 you will need COMM 101. What is this called?

Category 4: 200 points - answer What is a pre requisite

Category 4: 300 points In university your first two years of school are general courses but in year 3 and 4 they become more specific where you will specialized in one discipline… this is called your ________

Category 4: 300 points - answer What is Major?

Category 4: 400 points Sometimes students come to a university or college and still need English foundation courses. Universities and Colleges offer them _______ programs so that they can still take some academic courses at the same time.

Category 4: 400 points - answer What is Bridging Programs?

Category 4: 500 points What does PASBC stand for?

Category 4: 500 points - answer What is Post- secondary APPLICATION SERVICE of BC

Category 5: 100 points What does TOEFL stand for?

Category 5: 100 points - answer What is Test of English as a Foreign Language?

Category 5: 200 points If you did not complete English 12, or did not get a passing grade , you will have to take this test at University or College to rate your standard of English

Category 5: 200 points - answer What is the LPI (Language Proficiency Index)

Category 5: 300 points Different then a prerequisite requirement, this requirement is the minimum courses and marks required to get into a university

Category 5: 300 points - answer What is Admission Requirements?

Category 5: 400 points The First degree a student pursues in university, typically four years (Bachelor Degree) is your UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE. Any degree you pursue after this means you are now studying at a _____ level

Category 5: 400 points - answer What is a graduate level?

Category 5: 500 points What is the official record/document of all your courses with grades and credits called?

Category 5: 500 points - answer What is a transcript?

Category 6: 100 points What is Ms. Nichols favourite chocolate from Thomas Haas?

Category 6: 100 points - answer What is the Champagne Truffle?

Category 6: 200 points Who is the greatest footballer (soccer player) that is currently playing today?

Category 6: 200 points - answer Who is Thomas Mueller?

Category 6: 300 points What is the best Genre of Music?

Category 6: 300 points - answer What is Country Music?

Category 6: 400 points Ms. Nichols will be very grumpy on days when this hockey team loses?

Category 6: 400 points - answer Who are the Vancouver Canucks

Category 6: 500 points The first team to sit backwards on their chair wins 500 points.

Category 6: 500 points - answer And the winner is…..